@872ab8e1 And what we're all sidestepping is the fact that when we actually took mitigations we were able to actually kill an entire strain of a disease that kills numerous people every single year.  While other strains are still out there of course, it's at least a few less people likely to actually die now.  Imagine if we killed off even more.

But yeah, masks are evil because, uh, uhm, personal freedoms or something.  (Though if you're free to not wear one you're also free to...  wear one)